Task 16: Read the First Book in a Series By a Person of Color

[Book Riot]

This thread is for dropping ideas, questions, resources, comments, and discussion about Task 16: Read the First Book in a Series By a Person of Color.

A few resources that might be helpful (more to come!):

http://bookriot.com/2015/07/22/9-dive...

[Bea]

I am reading A Brother's Honor by Brenda Jackson. This is a new author for me.

[Rainey]

I love Brenda Jackson. I have read most of her series. And she is great with her fans as well. Met her in person when she came to Bermuda on a Brenda Jackson cruise.

[Karin]

Very excited that Half-Resurrection Blues qualifies. Book 2 comes out pretty soon too I think.

[Lola]

Karin wrote: "Very excited that Half-Resurrection Blues qualifies. Book 2 comes out pretty soon too I think."

Me, too! I have it in paper (from a BR Quarterly box) and also bought the audio, which is read by DJO.

[Rainey]

I am reading Sea of Poppies. Book 1 of the Ibis Trilogy.

[Cheryl]

I am going to read or .

[May]

@Cheryl I was going to read "the fifth season" as well! :)

[Ollie Z]

The Fifth Season is fantastic! I highly recommend it to those considering it for this task.

I'm finally getting around to Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel Jose Older.

[Julia]

I'm leaning towards either Sorcerer to the Crown or maybe something by NK Jemisin. She has a couple other series besides Fifth Season.

[Jessica // Starjessreads]

Oh man I've been struggling with this one! This is the only one I haven't figured out yet. I will be watching the suggestions here closely!!

[SibylM]

I'm going with

[Sarah]

I am leaning towards Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey.

[Allie]

I have never read anything by Octavia E. Butler before, so I think I might try one of her series.

[Jessica // Starjessreads]

Sarah wrote: "I am leaning towards Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey."

Thank you. This one looks good.

[Bea]

Sarah wrote: "I am leaning towards Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey."

Oh, my goodness. This one has been on my TBR a long time. Think I will switch to it rather than start another new author at this time.

[[deleted user]]

I've put Sorcerer to the Crown on my list but also want to read Half-Resurrection Blues...

[Pauline]

We're doing this challenge as a family again next year. I would love to hear ideas for this category (as well as any others) for a 14 and 12 year old. Any ideas?

[Kathryn]

I'm also going to read Brenda Jackson, but will pick Delaney's Desert Sheikh.

[Leslie (updates on SG)]

Allie wrote: "I have never read anything by Octavia E. Butler before, so I think I might try one of her series."

I'm going to try Octavia Butler, too, by reading Dawn.

[Trudie]

I thought I might go with Things Fall Apart, since it has been on my shelf for some time.

[Annie]

I've been "reading" The Three-Body Problem, but keep getting distracted by other things (like knitting), so I guess I'll save it for this challenge! (the audiobook narrator is terrible, so got the kindle version but cannot knit and read at the same time)

[Annie]

Cheryl wrote: "I am going to read or ."

those are both excellent choices!!!

[Poppy]

If you like mysteries/noir, I recommend Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins #1) by Walter Mosley. Unfortunately, I can't use it because I've already read it.

[Tatiana]

I've had The Fifth Season on my to read for a while so I may read that. I could also read Legend... I cant decide.

[Bea]

Poppy wrote: "If you like mysteries/noir, I recommend Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins #1) by Walter Mosley. Unfortunately, I can't use it because I've already read it."

I'm reading that one now.

[Beachesnbooks]

I second all the recommendations for Octavia Butler's and N.K. Jemisin's series! Both are amazing

[Martha]

Something by N.K. Jemisin for me, although I also have the series starting with Acacia by David Anthony Durham.

[zemkat]

I'm going to read Naughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman!

[Rachiel]

Anyone know a cozy mystery series by a person of color?

[Robin P]

Rachiel wrote: "Anyone know a cozy mystery series by a person of color?"

Yes!. Barbara Neely is an African-American writer and her character, a black woman ironically named Blanche White, is a cleaning woman/maid who discovers murders. The first book is Blanche on the Lam

[Rachiel]

Thanks Robin!

[Kris]

Cheryl wrote: "I am going to read or ."

I am planning to read Wild Seed as well since it also qualifies for Task 8 - A book pubbed in the decade you were born (80's for me).

[Kai]

Annie wrote: "I've been "reading" The Three-Body Problem, but keep getting distracted by other things (like knitting), so I guess I'll save it for this challenge! (the audiobook narrator is terri..."

Oh no! I listen to audiobooks while I knit too, and I have Three-Body Problem on hold right now. I hope I can tolerate the narrator!

[Pia]

If anyone here likes mysteries, Malla Nunn is a great author that fits this task. I read her first book in the Detective Emmanuel Cooper series for the 2015 challenge and loved it. The book takes place in South Africa, in the 50's

[Michelle]

The Land by Mildred Taylor (Logans series) (young adult/middle reader)

The Company You Keep by Angela Henry (Kendra Clayton Mysteries)

[Kate]

So, Zen Cho, author of Sorcerer to the Crown, is a person of color? Liberty Hardy raves about the book in her podcast and I really want to read it!

[Monica]

I'll be reading both Wild Seed and The Killing Moon this year.

[Kimberly]

Karin wrote: "Very excited that Half-Resurrection Blues qualifies. Book 2 comes out pretty soon too I think."

YAaaas, it's so great! What a treat to read it for the first time! Enjoy!

[Jenn T Rogers]

I am very pleased to say that I have 3 or 4 books for this one. I have Half Resurrection Blues (just need to read it) and I am very interested in Sorcerer to the Crown.

[Cheryl]

May wrote: "@Cheryl I was going to read "the fifth season" as well! :)"

Sometimes, I with there were 'like' buttons on these threads too.

[Bobby]

This has been one of the trickier ones for me to research. I'm tentatively going with Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima, since I already own the whole series, but I will also be curious about other readers' choices and suggestions. I recommend Things Fall Apart for anyone who hasn't read it yet. I had considered reading This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer for this challenge, but will probably need that title to fulfill challenge 14 (an author from southeast Asia).

[Karena]

I'm going to read Tiger Eye.

[Bryony]

Dawn by Octavia Butler

[Kate]

Cheryl wrote: "I am going to read or ."

I'm torn between The Fifth Season and Sorcerer to the Crown! (Who are we kidding, I'll just read both.)

[[deleted user]]

Cheryl wrote: "May wrote: "@Cheryl I was going to read "the fifth season" as well! :)"

Sometimes, I with there were 'like' buttons on these threads too."

I literally just went to 'like' this comment. Meta-ironic!

[Shatterlings]

I do sometimes wish Book Riot weren't so US centric, "person of color" is not a term we use in the UK and is slightly problematic terminology for us.

[[deleted user]]

Ultra wrote: "I do sometimes wish Book Riot weren't so US centric, "person of color" is not a term we use in the UK and is slightly problematic terminology for us."

What alternative would you suggest? I don't mean that to sound antagonistic - I'm also in the UK and have pondered this.

[Shatterlings]

"An ethnic origin different to your own" maybe.

[Kate]

Ok, that's so helpful. I was confused about the terminology as well!